Backend Architect

As a MEAN Stack developer, you will be working directly with our team towards the development of our product, in Node.js, Angularjs, MySQL and more. Technical Skills: -Extensive experience with technologies including Node JS, Angular Js, Mongo DB & Express JS. -Working independently, this Engineer will perform Front End and/or Back End development, enhancement and maintenance of existing software modules, custom programming for clients and various data manipulation tasks.

We are looking for a Backend Developer for our Engineering team.

What You'll Do :

 You will be a part of our backend team working on keeping our REST API and GraphQL API up and running and making sure that our users get the right data at the right time.
 You will have ownership of developing and maintaining our backend services including users, courses, and operations tools that manage our product and logistics.
 You will work on architecting and scaling highly-available RESTful services and back-end systems from scratch.
 This is a position for an experienced Node programmer with at least 2 years under the belt, but you don't have to be a rock star, a ninja, or a superhero to apply.

What You'll Need :

 You will fit well in the backend team if you are passionate about technology and have experience programming in Node. Knowledge of technologies like Cassandra, Elasticsearch, PostgreSQL, REST and JSON will help you get going from day one.
 As an experienced Node developer, you should be intimately familiar with the platform, with
JavaScript, and with the stables of full-stack web development : HTTP, JavaScript, CSS, HTML, SQL.
 It's a bonus if you're broadly familiar with other languages as well- we write some services in Go and have data pipelines written in Python- but your main work will be JavaScript through and through.
 You will be a perfect match with our team if you love collaborating with people from all disciplines to solve complex problems, always want to learn new skills and take ownership of your work.

Do you have a passion to be a part of an innovative startup? Here’s an opportunity for you - become an active member of our core platform development team.
Main Duties
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
Write well designed, testable, efficient code
Ensure designs are in compliance with specifications
Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review
Prepare and produce releases of software components

Role & Relationships
We consider ourselves a team & you will be a valuable part of it. You could be reporting to a Senior member or directly to our Founder, CEO
Educational Qualifications
We don’t discriminate. As long as you have the required skill set & the right attitude
Experience
Upto five years of experience, preferably working on Java. 
Skills
Good
Strong understanding of Core Java , Servlet, JSP
Knowledge of RDBMS (MySQL, Oracle, SQL Server), NoSQL
Knowledge of RESTful Web Services, XML, JSON
Good team player

Even better
Familiarity with the software development lifecycle
Strong Full stack developer development background with frontend and backend web applications
Competencies
An aptitude to solve problems & learn something new
Highly self-motivated
Analytical frame of mind
Ability to work in fast-paced, dynamic environment

Location
Currently in Pune
Remuneration
Once we meet, we shall make an offer depending on how good a fit you are & the experience you already have
About us
Aikon Labs Pvt Ltd is a start-up focused on Realizing Ideas. One such idea is iEngage.io, our Intelligent Engagement Platform. We leverage Augmented Intelligence, a combination of machine-driven insights & human understanding, to serve a timely response to every interaction from the people you care about.

We are looking for a high-performing Developer to build our ecommerce platform and API framework powered by Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. Candidates for this role will be passionate about well-written code, testing, and excel at coming up with simple approaches to complex problems.

Our work culture is overachiever, very amiable, and at the same time always charged with excitement. We encourage our team members to take responsibility and grow into future leaders in the industry.

Job Responsibilities:

• Understand project requirements, writing bug-free clean code and ensure that the solution works per the agreed architecture, SLAs, KPIs and business model
• Integrate Django backend with third party API
• 100% Hands-on role
• Adapt to rapidly evolving requirements and changing priorities and drive the team accordingly
• Reverse engineer for debugging errors in code and ensure quality control in the process.
• Continually drive products towards a meaningful balance between user needs, business objectives and technical feasibility
• Operate in a hyper-collaborative way and follow these guiding principles: Value common sense and simplicity over complexity.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor or Master Degree in Computer Science from a reputed University
• 3 to 5 years of experience working in Django and Python.
• React and/or Angular for front end
• Proficiency in MongoDB and MySql
• Technical Skills: JIRA, Gitlab, Rest API, GCP or AWS
• Experience in performance profiling, tuning, and optimization, caching mechanisms with Enterprise level applicants
• Experience in writing unit testing and test case automation.
• Ability to operate in an Agile environment with a start-up mentality and unstructured environment, Energy, drive and passion to work, and operate in a digital world.

Backend - Software Development Engineer-III

Responsibilities:-

• Research, design and build highly reliable, available and scalable platforms
• Explore design implications and work towards an appropriate balance between functionality, performance, and maintainability.
• Lead by example, mentor and guide team members on everything from structured problem solving to development of best practices
• Own large technical deliverables and execute in an exemplary way
• Be able to conceptualize and develop prototype quickly
• Working with a cross-discipline team of Design, Product, Data Science and Analytics team.
• Active participation in the hiring process to bring quality engineers in the team.

Requirements:-

• Strong proficiency in Javascript and TypeScript
• Strong proficiency of Node.js and frameworks available for it such as Express
• Strong understanding and experience of creating highly scalable and complex database design
• Good understanding of Data Modeling using RDBMS and NoSQL(Cassandra, MongoDB, ElasticSearch, Redis) data stores
• Strong problem-solving skills with a good understanding of data structures and algorithms
• Strong understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments
• Experience of creating highly scalable, fault tolerant, resilient distributed systems
• Strong knowledge of creating scalable system design and good understanding of microservice based architectures
• Understanding of caching enabled, PubSub and event driven architectures
• Hands on experience and good knowledge of AWS services
• Understanding automated testing platforms like selenium and unit tests like Chai, Mocha, Jasmine etc
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• E/B.Tech/M.E./M.Tech/M.S.
• Curiosity to explore the cutting edge technologies and bake them in the products.
• Zeal and drive to take end to end ownership.
• 5+ years of experience in back end development preferably in microservice environment.

 

· 2 to 3 years hands-on Software Development experience · Proven working experience in Java development · Hands on experience in designing and developing applications using Java EE platforms · Object oriented analysis and design using common design patterns. · Profound insight of Java internals (Class loading, Memory Management, Transaction management etc) · Excellent knowledge of Hibernate, SQL, JPA, Git, jQuery, JSP, REST Api. · Experience in the Spring Framework with Spring boot and Spring Security. · Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle. · Write well designed, testable, efficient code · Prepare and produce releases of software components · Support continuous improvement by investigating alternatives and technologies and presenting these for architectural review.

Generic requirements Someone with a technical background, eager to learn about new technologies and new domains: Knowledge of GIS and/or Defense concepts Knowledge of software programming (Java and JavaScript) Studies of informatics or computer science or equivalent by experience. Someone who is fluent in English, also on a technical level: Translate technical questions to clear English Good communication skills Problem solving attitude Not afraid to ask more information. Ask the right questions. Positive answers. Willing to travel to Europe for product training Motivated and a pro-active attitude Overall professional experience in IT or Geospatial applications for 10 years or more Specific Requirements Having in-depth knowledge of one or more applications domains including defense and aerospace to cover the aspects of GIS architecture, industry implementation guidelines, interoperability of GIS with other platforms 5-10 years of Experience with setting up IT projects Domain knowledge in development of Geospatial applications Domain knowledge in defense / aeronautical is considered a plus

Required Skills: 1. Node.js, Express.js, JWT, Passport and other useful node packages 2. MySQL, MongoDB, Database Schema Design 3. JavaScript, JQuery, HTML, CSS, BootStrap, Cordova, React/Angular Job Specifications : - Should have worked in high traffic consumer facing company. - Experience in AWS, Microservices, Docker. - Should understand BDD/TDD/Performance/Security/Smoke testing. - Should understands CI and CD, writes tests to ensure CI/CD processes work. NOTE : Please DO NOT apply to this role if you are not in Bangalore. We will not be considering any out station candidates. All the shortlisted candidates will be required to come to our office in MG Road for coding test and interview. Please note that everyone needs to carry their laptop.